Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing: 27 January 2025
Closing Date: 19 January 2025
Contract Type: Post 1 - Permanent, Post 2 - Temporary
Salary: FC4 - £24,890.91-£27,087.17 pro rata
Working Pattern: Post 1 - 29.5 hours per week, Post 2 - 30 hours per week
Location: Beath High School, Cowdenbeath.
Purpose and Values of Education & Children’s Services Directorate
The Education & Children’s Services Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed.
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
1. Ways in which you have worked with others to meet all learners needs?
2. Ways in which you have built and sustained positive relationships that have led to positive outcomes for learners?
3. Ways in which you have demonstrated that you can work effectively as part of a team?
4. Ways in which you have demonstrated a high level of confidentiality?
Job Details
We are looking for a committed Pupil Support Assistant (2) who is passionate about improving life chances for all, so that children and young people can achieve their full potential. As a Pupil Support Assistant (2), you will work under the direction and supervision of a class teacher or senior member of staff to assist by supporting children and young people who have been identified as requiring additional support.
You will be required to:
* Support pupils/children individually or in class or in small groups in identified areas of learning and personal development.
* Contribute information to update planning and review processes for individual pupils/children.
* Supervise pupil/child self-administration of medication and provide personal care to enable them to function to their full potential.
* Carry out support programmes designed by visiting specialists (e.g., speech and language programmes, physiotherapy, and/or occupational therapy programmes).
* Support pupil/child mobility as defined by moving and handling training on an emergency/short-term basis.
Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements
Educated to SCQF level 4, which includes National 4 or Standard Grades at General level or O’ Grades or equivalent. You are required to have good levels of interpersonal skills and abilities to work as a member of a team to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people. Experience of supporting young people with additional support needs is also required.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
If you work in an Early Learning Centre, Primary or Special School, you must apply for registration with SSSC as part of the Children and Young People Workforce within 6 months of starting in a new role.
Further Information
* Role Profile: Review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria.
* How We Work Matters: Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace.
* Employee Benefits: Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
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For further information please contact Sandra Duncan: sandra.duncan-vr@fife.gov.uk
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